Monthly Archives: November 2019

By Brett Paepke, OD—Creating bonds between your practice and your patients has never been more important than it is today.

One in four children in the United States is myopic¹, but according to The Harris Poll survey² results released today by CooperVision, only 33 percent of parents know what that term means², or how it can affect their children’s future eyesight.

Sarah Johnson, OD, always knew she wanted to have a career in caring for patients, a desire which stems from her strong humanitarian love that she possesses.

For My Le, OD, and Yen Le, OD, FAAO, their inspiration to go into optometry was influenced by their parents and sisters being physicians.

When Nancy Truong, OD, and her husband graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry in 2002, they had known their ultimate goal was to one day open their own practice.

Amanda Barker-Assell, OD, of Denver, North Carolina, says that her profession “has given me the opportunity to be successful in the areas of life that are important to me.”

Jessica Marshall, OD, took a chance nine years ago and decided to work inside a LensCrafters.

When a long-held family business is sold, it’s natural to be sentimental about the way things were, says Elizabeth Roberts, OD.

When patients becomes presbyopic, their quality of life is compromised.

When Michele Shade-Hinchliffe, OD, was looking to add automated refraction technology to her practice in 2011, she says that her choice was clear: she would work with Marco.